Apple's Parental Controls in iOS 12 still allows kids to browse certain inappropriate websites and content. Read the full story here.

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Last month Apple introduced ‘Parental Controls’ in iOS 12 to assist parents in restricting content for their children which they feel is inappropriate for their age. Parental Controls blocks pornographic websites or other inappropriate content automatically. The feature can be found under Screen Time in iOS 12. But, seems like Apple’s Parental Controls is not efficient enough as it still allows certain website like- alt-right and support for terrorism to browse.

According to O.school, a sex education website spotted that certain sex-related keywords are blocked but other inappropriate content can still be accessed easily. As confirmed by The Verge, the filter doesn’t allow for searches like “safe sex,” “sex assault hotline,” and “sex education,” but it does allow searches for bombing, poisoning, and even joining a terrorist group.

The filter is ineffective as it has failed to broaden its ambit as it only blocks sites that mention sex and allows other restricted terms to violence, extremism, or even more specific pornography terms. Teenagers can still manage to get their intended results by playing off with words. For example- pornographic websites are still searchable and searching for 'how do I jerk off' produces results while 'female masturbation' doesn’t.

The feature, in fact, censors certain websites like Teen Vogue and allows children to browse the Neo-nazi and the Daily Stormer. The content filter clearly does not effectively work as it intends to. To use a better alternative to Parental Controls, parents can opt to let their kids only browse certain websites and blacklist others.

Parental Control feature on Apple's iOS 12 still allows kids to browse inappropriate websites Description:Apple's Parental Controls in iOS 12 still allows kids to browse certain inappropriate websites and content. Read the full story here.Times Now